Harness-buckle



(No Model.)

G. A. PADDOCK.

` HARNESS BUCKLE.

No. 436,186.' Patented Sept. 9, 1890.

E1/1J. anto/1* a citizen of'the United' States, residing at of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useg companying drawings, in whicheedgewise view of the buckle and straps when UNIT-ED STATES GUSTAVUS A. PADDOOK., OF

HARNESS- PATENT OFFICE.

BEAVER DAM, WISCONSIN.

BUCKL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of ietters Patent No. 436,186, dated September 9,1890.

- Application filed November 23,1889.

To all whoml it may concern: Y

Be it known that I, GUSTAVUS A. PADDOOK',

Beaver Dam, in the county of Dodge and State ful Harness-Buckle, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to buckles whichhave shields or guards secured to them; and the objects of my improvement are, first, to provide a shield which cannot be misplaced by accident; second,` to prevent any danger of the straps becoming unbuckled by accident; third, to prevent the buckle being drawn through the terret, and, finally, to accomplish all these ends with a light and convenient buckle. Such a buckle is shown in the ac Figure l is aperspective view ofthe buckle when closed as in use. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same; Fig. 8, an edgewise view of the buckle when open o'r partly so and Fig. 4, an

in use, the straps in this case spreading apart, as will be the case when this buckle is used to connect the short cross-line to the long one.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The buckle-frame consists of the cross-bar B, against which the point of the tongue-F rests, the side bars A A, and the clips E E, said clips being clasped around the cross-bar D of the shield D G O.

The shield D G O is composed of the crossbar O, the cover G, the cross-bar D, around which the tongue F is clasped, and the two side bars which connect the three. It will be seen that there is thus formed aloop between the cross-bar O and the shield G, which opening I will designate asloop O.

One point gained by having one pair of cross-bars directly outside the others is that the article is thus so widened that it cannot be drawn through the terret, and thus it will prevent such accidents as often occur on account of the buckle being caught in the terret.

It will be seen that in the construction shown in the drawings the tongue encircles the heel D of the shield and that the heel of Serial No. 831,309. (No model.)

the huckle=frame is divided into two parts E 5o E. This particular construction is not essential, as any form in which the shield is hinged to the buckle-frame and the loop lies outside of the cross-bar, against which the point of the tongue rests, comes within the scope of my invention and accomplishes the main object sought. By the word heel I designate, in general, that line on which the tongue is hinged in contradistinction from the end or bar against which the point of the tongue rests. 6o

For ordinary use on harness the one strap I is sewed or otherwise secured around the clips E E, and the cross-bar D and the other strap H is first passed through the loop O. Then by opening the buckle, as shown in Fig. 3, it is passed through the buckle-frame and between G and D. Then when the tongue F is inserted in the strap -the buckle can be closed together, as in Fig. 4, and no accident can unbuckle the strap.

I am aware that shield-buckles have been made in which the shield was hinged to the cross-bar corresponding to the cross-bar B in my buckle, said shield being when' in use closed down toward the heel of the buckle and .having in the end a loop adapted to receive the billet. My buckle diiers from this in having the shield close down the other way; also in that the loop of that buckle is adapted to receive only the billet or loose end of the strap, 8o while in my buckle the loop is adapted to receive the other part of the strap as it lies outside of the cross-bar B, instead of inside, as is the case with the other.l

I claim as my invention- A buckle-shieldhinged to the buckle-frame at a point in the rear of the cross-bar B, against which the point of the tongue rests, said shield being adapted to close outwardly over said cross-bar and provided with a loop O, 9o adapted to receive a strap, said loop lying, when the shield is closed down, in front of the cross-bar B and extending beyond it, substantially as described.

GUSTAVUS A. PADDOOK.

Witnesses:

J. P. MCGILL, E. DEGAYER. 

